Mountain (Paperback)

Majestic and awe-inspiring, mountains demand our attention. Through the centuries, they have both repulsed and attracted. They have been appreciated and despised as sites of divine and diabolic sublimity, as the dwellings of gods and demons, hermits and revolutionaries. Mountain encounters have defined ways of seeing. They have changed our sense of time. They have pushed the boundary between life and death. Progressively tamed, exploited, even commodified, today mountains continue to attract seekers of spiritual quietness and of extreme emotions alike, as well as weekend travellers looking for a break from the everyday.In this compelling journey through peaks both real and imaginary, Veronica della Dora explores how the history of mountains is deeply interlaced with cultural values and aesthetic tastes, with religious beliefs and scientific practices. She shows how mountains are ultimately collaborations between geology and the human imagination, and how they have helped shape our environmental consciousness and our place in the world. Magnificently illustrated, and featuring examples from five continents and beyond, Mountain offers a fascinating exploration of mountains and the idea of mountain in art and literature, science and sport, religion and myth.

Product Details

Product code: AUXLK

ISBN: 9781780236476

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Paperback

Dimensions: 15.2cm x 20.9cm

Pages: 248

Publish date: Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 BST 2016

Book points: 11

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